GLOBAL media and services company Thomson Reuters has suspended work with a South African subcontractor following a newspaper report that focused on an alleged conflict of interest related to the awarding of a R225 million government IT contract.
South African newspaper The Sunday Times reported that Thomson Reuters, having won a contract from the Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) to supply court software, subcontracted 30% of the deal, as South African law requires, to a local company called ZA Square.
ZA Square had been created just five days after Thomson Reuters won the contract, and its three directors were all senior employees at the OCJ.
The OCJ told the paper the three directors played a role in the selection process, which led to the granting of the contract by the OCJ to Thomson Reuters.
As a result, the OCJ and Thomson Reuters have launched probes into the paper’s allegations
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